Scott Berkun
Scott Berkun is the bestselling author of four books, Making Things Happen, The Myths of Innovation, Confessions of a Public Speaker and Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds. He was a manager at Microsoft from 1994-2003 on projects including v1-5 (not 6) of Internet Explorer, and at WordPress.com from 2010 to 2012.
He makes a living as a writer and speaker, and his work has appeared in The New York Times, Forbes magazine, The Economist, The Washington Post, Wired magazine and other media. He contributes to Harvard Business and BusinessWeek and has appeared on MSNBC, CNBC and NPR as an expert on many topics. He writes frequently at his popular blog: scottberkun.com and tweets at @berkun.